MANILA, Philippines—After a day-long procession, the Black Nazarene was finally brought back to its rightful place inside the Quiapo Church early Thursday.

An overflowing crowd of devotees at Plaza Miranda greeted the Black Nazarene as it was wheeled back to its home at around 1:30 a.m., some 18 hours after it left Rizal Park early Wednesday.

The image of the Black Nazarene had left the Quirino Grandstand around 8 a.m. Wednesday after a Mass led by Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle.

The procession went on its route around Manila for several hours with millions of devotees all struggling to touch the beloved image of the Black Nazarene.

The day-long procession ended earlier than the previous year, which lasted for 22 hours after the three wheels of the Nazarene’s carriage broke down.

Director Leonardo Espina of the National Capital Region Police Office said in a text advisory that at least eight million devotees had joined the procession. But other estimates put it to nine million.

The Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) said in a text advisory that it had given first aid to 1,410 people as of 5 p.m., 549 of which needed to have their blood pressure checked.

As many as 819 with minor injuries and 35 with major injuries were treated, according to the PNRC, adding that seven patients needed to be transported to a hospital, among them a pregnant woman who went into labor during the procession and later gave birth.

Among those brought to a hospital was an 11-year-old boy, identified as Christian Ramos, who had lacerations on his right eye. He was transported to the Ospital ng Maynila, the PNRC added.

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Isaiah 44 – 9: All who make idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit; their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame. 10: Who fashions a god or casts an image that is profitable for nothing? 11: Behold, all his fellows shall be put to shame, and the craftsmen are but men; let them all assemble, let them stand forth, they shall be terrified, they shall be put to shame together. 12: The ironsmith fashions it and works it over the coals; he shapes it with hammers, and forges it with his strong arm; he becomes hungry and his strength fails, he drinks no water and is faint. 13: The carpenter stretches a line, he marks it out with a pencil; he fashions it with planes, and marks it with a compass; he shapes it into the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house. 14: He cuts down cedars; or he chooses a holm tree or an oak and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest; he plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it. 15: Then it becomes fuel for a man; he takes a part of it and warms himself, he kindles a fire and bakes bread; also he makes a god and worships it, he makes it a graven image and falls down before it. 16: Half of it he burns in the fire; over the half he eats flesh, he roasts meat and is satisfied; also he warms himself and says, “Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire!” 17: And the rest of it he makes into a god, his idol; and falls down to it and worships it; he prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for thou art my god!” 18: They know not, nor do they discern; for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their minds, so that they cannot understand. 19: No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire, I also baked bread on its coals, I roasted flesh and have eaten; and shall I make the residue of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?” 20: He feeds on ashes; a deluded mind has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?” The bible is telling us, men cut down strong trees of the forest, half of it becomes fuel to warm himself and bake bread to satisfy himself and half of it he also makes a graven image to worship. Half of it was burned into fire and the rest of it he makes into god, his idol.

http://profile.yahoo.com/QCJ7VE5YASFSA72AXVLOOIAAII Astrid May

it is not the idol that is being adorned…it is the thought that the Great Lord has done many things to different people in many ways…
people nowadays tend to mock religions and beliefs of other people-proclaiming they are righteous and yet they are sinners…

Catholic continue to disobey the law… Sin is a transgression of the Law.

Let us examine ourselves when it comes to the Law. Are you not like the Catholic?

For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty. For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. (James 2:10-13)

“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. (Ex 20:8-11)

Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates, that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. (Deut 5:12-14)

Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made. (Gen 2:3)

O Lord Jesus Christ look upon the faith of your people..your faithful
people..and have mercy for all of our sins..as we remember Your passion
on the cross we pray for all of those who still do not believe in Your
Holy Name like your own people from Nazareth where you had grown up(Lk
4:14-24)..Have mercy on us Lord Jesus of Nazareth (Nuestro Padre Jesus
Nazareno)..mahawakan lng po namin ang Iyong balabal ay gagaling na po
ang aming mga karamdaman..

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PXVJCITQD3JSUFVZMZULZC24XU CaptMike

You worshipers of the Black Nazarene are deep in sin and idolatry. The Black Nazarene is an idol, and GOD has commanded to abstain from the worship of idols.

SHAME ON YOU IDOLATERS!

(Exo 20:4) “You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.(Deu 4:16) so that you do not act corruptly and make a graven image for yourselves in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

REPENT AND BELIEVE ON JESUS WHILE YOU STILL CAN. ONLY JESUS CAN SAVE YOU. ONLY JESUS CAN FORGIVE YOU.